SUMMARY:

• 11 years of experience in testing web based and java applications.
• Expertise in Designing and Developing Test Strategy doc., Test plan, Test cases.
• Hands on experience in Manual testing.
• Hands on implementation knowledge in all stages of the Software Testing Life Cycle starting with Requirement Analysis, Test Design, Test execution and Defect tracking and reporting for onsite - offshore delivery model
• Expertise in Functional, Regression, System, Integration, Database and User Acceptance Testing.
• Expert in documentation using MS office tools (Word, Excel, Power Point and Access).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with clear understanding of business and ability to work as a part of team.
• Ability to work in tighter schedules and on different applications at the same time

MANAGEMENT SKILLS:

• Project delivery under stringent timelines and high pressure.
• Define Business Process; identify the risk, doing risk analysis and providing baseline acceptance criteria and deliverables.
• Excellent verbal and written skills, especially with regards to presenting findings to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Acted as liaison between analyst team and QA team for Requirements.
• Effective communication skills and record for coordination between globally located teams.
• Hands on writing SQL Queries
• Thorough understanding and experience with all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Good knowledge of Oracle Databases.
• Management and co-ordination of onsite and offshore team activities.
• Strong understanding of project and quality disciplines

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing: QC, Functional testingWhite Box/Black Box testing, Smoke Test, Regression TestingSystem Integration testing (SIT)

Java Technologies: Core JAVA, JSP, J2EE, Weblogic

Testing Tools: Jira, QC

Documentation Tools: MS Word, MS Excel

Databases: Sybase, Oracle 9i, Oracle 10g, TOAD, SQL Developer

Operating Systems: DOS, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Unix, Linux

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS:

• Payments
• Triparty Repo
• Global Collateral Management
• Portfolio Optimization
• Trade Life Cycle
• Trade Settlement
• Corporate Actions
• Broker Dealer Service
• Swaps

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understanding Business Requirements and providing test estimates. Creating, updating and reviewing test plan, test strategy, test cases, test scenarios, test data and functional test matrix.
• Involved in Risk Management (Identifying and mitigating the risks associated with testing).
• Understanding project design and implementation.
• Expertise in Swift Messaging like MT527, MT540, MT542, MT558, MT569
• Maintaining stable test environment, creating test cycle, executing tests, defect tracking and analyzing test results for the projects.
• Performing Functional, UAT, System Integration, Sanity, Regression, Performance, Back out testing and Database testing
• Created SQL queries to perform database validations
• Generating defect status report using Quality Center/Jira and running the defect status meeting with QA, Development and Business team.
• Generating testing status reports and charts using Quality Center/Jira and distributing to all project stake holders.
• Optimized the usage of Quality Center by using Requirements to Dashboard modules
• Mentoring, coordinating and assigning tasks to the offshore team
• Designing and planning for performance load testing and tracking test metrics for the same.
• Verifying the testing process is followed throughout the testing phase and maintaining supervisory policies and procedures for the product.
• Provided complete QA support for UAT, Client testing and Production support.
• Providing test sign off and Implementation support.
• Demonstrating about the application and supporting BNYM clients like Morgan Stanley, Barclays, JP Morgan Chase, Fidelity, Nomura and other clients

Environment: Java, Jira, ALM, HP Quality Center, Clear Quest, Rapid SQL, UNIX, V MODEL Methodology, Agile Methodology, HP PPM

Confidential

Test lead

Responsibilities:

• Test case reviews, Test plan preparation, Test Case execution, Test result analysis, Defect management.
• Work closely with fellow QA test analysts, developers and business analysts in designing test cases which offer 100% business requirement coverage
• Analyze Business and Functional Requirements to develop testing-related documentation, including test strategy, test plan, test case scripts and traceability matrices
• Reporting of key testing statistics and trends related to test design & execution highlighting system quality and team status against committed project milestones
• Facilitated test scenario and test case review by Analyst and Dev teams
• Ensure that all open functional queries of TCoE team are resolved in a timely manner.
• Reviewed and validated defects before review with analyst or development teams
• Lead defect calls with development team and tracked all defects until closure.
• Onsite-offshore coordination
• Supervise and manage performance for a team size of 7 associates including appraisals and day to day work allocation. Onshore -2, Offshore -5

Key technologies: Java/J2EE, Oracle 10g

Testing: Functional and Regression Testing.

Tools: Used: QTP, Quality Center

Confidential

Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created Test Cases for manual testing.
• Developed and Executed Test Cases for functional testing.
• Interacted with development team to have a closure on bugs
• Was involved in verification of various components in payment workflow like Initiation, FX, Sanctions(OFAC), Disbursement
• Was involved in testing of Bene Upload interface, this interface is used to maintain beneficiaries which are matched against payment instructions
• Was involved in verification of UI components like Entitlements, User profile, Client Profile, Partner setup, various search screens, payment detail screen
• Was involved in verification of various Swift messages like MT202, MT103, MT942
• Was involved in verification of various feeds like AML, IRIS feeds
• Was also involved in testing of browser compatibility across browsers
• Was involved in the verification of various reports like payment detail report, Bene Modification report, etc…
• Was responsible for creating the traceability matrix
• Wrote SQL queries to verify various database functions.
• Bugs Reported through the Test Director.
• Interacted with developers and various members of my team to discuss and to resolve defects by setting their priorities.
• Actively participated in status report meetings and interacted with the development team.

Key technologies: Java/J2EE, Oracle 10g

Testing: Functional and Regression Testing.

Tools: Used: QTP, Quality Center

Confidential

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created Test Cases for manual testing.
• Developed and Executed Test Cases for functional testing.
• Interacted with development team to have a closure on bugs
• Was involved in verification of feed file formats that were sent to MIB and MVR systems
• Tested interface which sends and receives feed files from MIB and MVR systems
• Was involved in verification of the feeds received from MIB and MVR systems, verified if the parsed data from feeds are stored correctly in DB, these feeds are key inputs to the underwriting system
• Was also involved in testing if the policies were assigned to underwriters workbasket appropriately based on the line of business and load criteria.
• Wrote SQL queries to verify various database functions.
• Manually every object was tested with test data and the results were monitored in test environment before implementation.
• Bugs Reported through the Test Director.
• Interacted with developers, users and various members of my team to discuss and to resolve defects by setting their priorities.
• Actively participated in report status meetings and interacted with the development team.

Key technologies: JAVA, JSP, Weblogic, Oracle 9i

Testing: QC and Functional Testing